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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
42nd YEAR. NO. 38. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY8*
More Damage Reported
From Thursday's Storm ^
As reports continue to come in<
on the results of Thursday morn
ing's storm, it appears that the
damage caused by the storm will
amount to more than was originally
expected.
No accurate estimate of the dam
age has been made, but the reports
indicate that it will amount to at
least several thousand dollars.
Insurance agents in both More
head City and Beaufort have re
ceived claims for damage resulting
from the storm. Most of the claims
have been for minor damage, but
the agents also expect claims for
more serious damage. It has also
been reported that some of the
buildings most heavily damaged
were not covered by insurance.
The most widespread damage
from the storm was in the vicinity
of Atlantic. Most of the damage
in Atlantic was minor, but it cover
ed a large area.
The Houseboat Inn in Atlantic
reported the heaviest damage in
the area. Part of the roof was
blown from the hotel by the high
winds which struck the town. The
damage to the hotel is covered by
insurance.
Several homes in the town were
damaged but none seriously. Most
of the damage was confined to
broken windows and shingles torn
from roofs and walls. Several
garages were also flattened by the
force of the wind. Trees and tele
phone poles were also blown down
during the storm.
There was also considerable dam
age along the waterfront where
several skiffs were destroyed and
docks were damaged. Some larger
boats were driven ashore by the
wind and high seas.
There has, as yet, been no esti
mate made of the damage to the
West Beaufort factory of the Fish
Meal company which suffered
heavy damage during the storm.
It is believed, however, that the
damage will amount to several
thousand dollars.
The most heavily damaged build
ing at the factory was a 150-foot
shed used for building boats. The
open shed was levelled when the
supports were knocked from under
it by the force of the wind. Since
boats are no longer built at the
factory, there is a possibility that
the shed will not be replaced.
There was also considerable dam
age to the roofs and' walls of the
pressroom, fireroom and bunk
house at the factory. None of the
machinery was damaged either by
See STORM. Page 3
Typhoid Clinics
Are Scheduled
The Carteret county health de
partment this week announced the
schedule for typhoid clinics
throughout the county this spring.
Dr. N. T. Ennett, health officer,
pointed out that while the clinics
are being held particularly for ty
phoid vaccinations, other vaccina
tions such as diphtheria and small
pox may also be given.
The county nurses will make
only three visits to each clinic
center. Dr. Ennett said that three
injections, one week apart, are
necessary for complete protection
against typhoid fever, but that a
person who has previously had
three injections will need only one
injection annually to keep up the
protection.
Those who do not receive com
plete treatment in the county
wide clinics may finish the treat
ment at the health department of
fices in Beaufort at the courthouse
annex on Tuesday afternoons and
Saturday mornings.
Dr. Ennett urged all Carteret
residents to take thf typhoid shots
for protection against this disease.
The schedule begins with More
head City every Thursday from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the city hall.
Residents of Beaufort may take ad
vantage of the hours at the court
house annex which are Tuesday
afternoons from 1 to 4. and Satur
day mornings from 9 until 12
o'clock.
Throughout the county on Mon
days, May 18. May 25, and June 1,
the nurses will visit Stella at the
post office at 9:30 a.m.; Broad
Creek at the Methodist church, 10
a.m.; Harlowe at Connor's store,
11:30 a.m.; Newport at Edwards
soda shop, 12:30 p.m.; Wildwood
at Lee Murdoch's store, 1:15 p.m.;
and Camp Glenn at Freds Sinclair
filling station. 1:45 pjn.
On Wednesdays. May 30, May 27,
and June 3, the nurses will visit
Markers Island at the school house,
9:00 a.m.; Marshallberg at the post
office, 9:45 a.m.; Smyrna at Willis'
store, 10:15 a.m.; Williston at the
post office. 10:30 a.m.; fctacy at Pitt
man's store, 11:1# a.m.; Roe at Her
bert Styron's store, 1 p.m.; and At
lantic at Wayne's restaurant, 2
p.m.
Dr. Ennett emphasized that the
nuriea would be able to make only
three visits to each of the clinic
center*.
Legal Rent Hikes Worry
Lejeune, Jacksonville
Reports of legal rent gouging
have prompted Camp Lejeune,
Jacksonville, and chamber of com
merce officials to confer on how to
persuade some landlords not to
hike their rents.
A measure extending rental con
trols to July 31 was passed by Con
gress 10 days ago, but it contained
an amendment that practically nul
lified the act in Onslow county.
All properties erected or conver
ted after 1947 were decontrolled
by the bill. Under control now are
properties erected or converted
prior to that date.
Since Jacksonville has mush
roomed in the past few years, the
measure has the effect of decon
trolling all but a few rentals in the
area.
The measure, however, provides
that in the interim a review of the
area may be made to determine
whether they are critical and have
a housing shortage; and that infor
mation will be used to determine
whether controls should be put
back on after July 31.
That is the law, and only a few
persons in Jacksonville and Camp i
Lejeune knew it until late last
week.
Major General Henry D. Lin
scott acting on reports to his of
fice that certain landlords had no
tified tenants of rent increase
called chamber of commerce lead
ers and sent for advice from the
legal office of the camp.
In effect, the laws now make
powerless local enforcement of any
rental controls, except through per
suasion. It has been reported that
in an attempt to ease the situa
tion, the camp has placed hardship
cases at the head of housing lists
for projects controlled by the gov
ernment.
Chamber directors authorized a
letter to the Jacksonville city board
asking that a survey be made of
the housing situation in the city
and surrounding area and forward
ed with a request to proper authori
ties in Washington to the end that
controls may be reimposed after
July 31.
Copies of the letter have been
sent to Representative Graham A. |
Barden of this district and Senators |
Clyde Hoey and Willis Smith.
College Project Records
Eastern County Speech
English as it is spoken in Hydc.i
Dare, and Carteret counties is now
being recorded at East Carolina
College as part of a national study
of regional pronunciation.
Dr. Meredith N. Posey of the
college department of English is
cooperating with C. K. Thomas, pro
fessor of speech at Cornell Univer
sity. in gathering data on the
speech of eastern North Carolina
countics. For a number of years
Prof. Thomas has been engaged
in the work of collecting materials
on the pronunciation of English
throughout<^h4 United States.
At East Carolina Dr. Posey is
making tape recordings of the
speech of students whose forma
tive pre-college years were spent
in Hyde. Dare, or Carteret. These
recordings will be sent to Prof.
Thomas and will be a part of a pro
ject of national scope leading to
the formation of a more detailed
and accurate speech map titan has
hitherto been available.
Students who have cooperated
with Dr. Posey and have had their
speech recorded include Louise,
Kathryn, and Sally Credle of Scran
ton; Susie Marshall and Mitzi Wat
son of Englehard; Jean Spencer of
Swan Quarter; Larry Williams of
Ocracoke; Dalton Mann of Mans
Harbor; Lena Taylor of Sea Level;
Bruce Fulcher of Atlantic; and Car
ol Willis of Havelock.
Jaycees to Meet
In Asheville x
Jaycees from Morehead City and
Beaufort will travel to Asheville
this weekend to attend the annual
state convention. The convention
will open Friday and will continue
through Sunday morning.
The advance group of delegates
will leave Thursday with more go
ing to the convention Friday.
Since Jimmy Wallace of the
Morehead City club is a candidate
for national director, it is expected
that his home club will have a large
gathering at the convention.
The ^forehead City club will also
devote some of its efforts to the
promotion of the Miss North Caro
lina beauty pageant which it is
sponsoring this year. The contest
will open July 15 at Morehead
City, and Jaycee club* from all
over the state are being urged to
enter contestants in the pageant.
The convention will open with
registration of delegates Friday.
Friday night will be taken up with i
social activities and campaigning
on the part of the various candi
dates for state office.
Business sessions and panel dis
cussions on various aspects of Jay
cee activities will take up the sec
ond day of the convention.
The convention will end- with a
final business session Sunday morn
ing. At that time, the officers will
make their annual reports and new
officers will be elected for the
coining year.
Mr. Wallace is the first candidate
for state office from this section of
the state in several years. The of
fice for which he is running is one
of three national directors who
cover the state and act as links be
tween local clubs and the national
organization. Mr. Wallace ia being
supported in his campaign by all
the club* which make up the eighth
district which coven the eastern
part of the Mate.
Television Plans
Are Announced
Directors of the television station
WNCT which is scheduled to go
into operation early in September
near Greenville announced this
week that the station will carry
regular net work shows.
Thi>statiou wn< mean vastly im
proved reception for set owners
throughout most of Carteret coun
ty.
A contract with the Columbia
Broadcasting System making the
station a primary one was accepted
by the station and it has been an
nounced that the coaxial cable will
be in readiness by the time the
station opens.
This means that the station will
carry network programs and shows
in addition to those which orig
inate in its own studios. Leaders
of the station estimate that about
half of the actual time on the air
will be given over to network pro
grams, which will include programs
from the other two major net
works.
The primary signal of the sta
tion will cover Goldsboro, Wilson.
Rocky Mount. Tarboro. Scotland
Neck, Washington,, New Bern,
Jacksonville, Cherry Point, More
head City and Kinston as well as
Greenville.
The land on which the station
will be built has been acquired and
cleared. Soundings have already
been taken for the 875-foot broad
cast tower.
Owners of the station are busi
ness men, publishers, and broad
casters from Wilson, Rocky Mount.
Greenville and Dunn. The station
will put special emphasis on farm
ing. particularly tobacco, it was
announced.
Health Board
ToConduct , *
Food School
Food Handlers to Attend
Three-Day Session
In Morehead City
A. D. Fulford, sanitarian for the
county health department, has an
nounced that a school for food
handlers will be held June 2-4 at
the Morehead City school cafe
teria.
Mr. Fulford has urged all em
ployees of business places handling I
food to attend the three-day school, j
The theme of the school is "Health
through better sanitation in food
handling." Those who complete
the course will receive certificates,
and establishments with 100 per
cent staff attendance will be given
special awards.
The school is being sponsored by '
the county health department in j
cooperation with the state board of
health, the North Carolina Res
taurant association and the local
restaurant industry.
Classes will be held twice daily j
with the same material being cov
ered in both morning and afternoon
sessions. The two classes will al
low everyone to attend the school.
The classes will include lectures
by outstanding authorities in the
field of food handling, new instruc
tional movies and discussion
periods.
The school will be divided into
three subjects with a different sub
ject being treated each day. The
subjects to be covered are bac- !
teriology for food handlers, good
methods insure safe food and
proper dishwashing.
Speakers at the school will be i
Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, county
health officer; W. A. Broadway,
Ray M. Connor, E. J. Willis, J. S.
Canadv and N. McK. Caldwell, all
of the state board of health; T. W.
Minah, director of dining halls at
Duke university; and M. M. Melvin.
executive secretary and vice-presi
dent of the North Carolina Res
taurant association.
Mayor George W. Dill, jr., of
Morehead City will address the stu
dents at the opening session of the
school and will welcome them and
the lecturers to Morehead City.
The school is the first of its kind
to be held in Carieret county, al
though simrfei sc.iooLs have proven
very successful in other counties in
the state during the past few
years.
Mr. Fulford has expressed the
hope that the school will be well
attended by employees of the coun
ty's restaurant and other places
which serve food.
Ocracoke REA *
Elects Fulcher
?cracoke, May 11? Elmo Fulcher
will continue as President of the
Ocracoke Electric Membership Cor
poration, following election of of
ficers on Monday, May 4, at the
annual meeting.
Eph Esham was elected vice-pres
ident. C. F. Boyette will continue
as secretary and treasurer.
A large group of interested cit- 1
i sens attended the meeting. Will
iam R. Shertzer, REA general lield
representative, talked briefly about
the "Capital Credits Plan," and the
coporation voted to adopt it and
make it a part of the by-laws. Mr.
Sid Tolson. manager of the electric
plant, read the financial statement.
Continuing on the board of the
corporation are Junius Austin, Hi
atus O'Neal, Howard R. O'Neal, El
mo Fulcher, and C. F. Boyette. New
members for the coming year are
E. K. Esham, W. T. Boos, Marvin
W. Howard. Ansley O'Neal, and
William R. Spencer.
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Book Is Closed for Annexation
Election After 162 Register x
First Export CargOv
Clears Port Today
The first cargo ever to be
shipped out of the Morehead City
port terminal was scheduled to
clear the Beaufort bar sometime
this afternoon or night.
J. D. Holt, manager of the port,
reported that loading on the Lud
olf Oldendorff would be completed
sometime today and the ship would
sail for Bremen, Gernmany, with
a load of North Carolina tobacco.
"One of our fondest dreams have
been realized with the start of two
way traffic through the Morehead
City port," Mr. Holt commented.
Approximately 2,500 hogsheads
of tobacco were loaded onto the
ship. This was a full cargo.
Since the start of the year the
port has had two German freighters
to discharge cargoes of fertilizer
material, largely potash. The 01
dendorf was the first freighter to
call at the port to load a cargo
for export.
Tobacco started arriving from '
storage warehouses at the port in
the early weeks of April. Local .
civic leaders have pointed out that <
the future of the port depends upon I
development of a healthy two-way
business with North Carolina prod- <
ucts being shipped out as raw ma- I
terials are shipped into the state. !
The start of tabacco exports here
also points up the request by the
ports authority earlier this year j
for funds from the state to build |
more tobacco storage warehouse
space at both the Wilmington and
the Morchead City port.
The proposed warehouses would
have space to store 25,000 hogs
heads of tobacco. The plan was
approved by the ports authority
and sent to the council of state in
Raleigh for their approval. To date
no definite committment on the
project has been made public by
the state officials.
Two tanks for the storage of
gylcol arc also under construction j
at the port. One of these was |
damaged in the storm last Thurs- !
Jay. Glycol is used in the DuPont j
iacron process at the Kinston plant I
af the chemical firm and is shipped |
to Texas to be purified. Present j
plans call for storage of the glycol i
here before shipment by water to I
Texas.
Port officials hope that the chem- '
^1 storage tanks will bring eight 1
>r nine tankers each year to the
local docks.
Stevedoring on both the dis
charge and loading of cargoes is
icing handled at the port by the
Stevenson and Young firm.
City Hall Is Helicopter
Landing Spot Tomorrow
PMA Meeting -
Set for Friday
B J. May, production marketing
administrator for Carteret county,
has announced that detaili of the
agricultural conservation program
for the county will be worked out
at a meeting at 9 a.m. Friday in
the educational room of the county
health department.
All PMA committeemen and rep
resentatives of the various agricul
tural agencies have been requested
to attend the meeting. Those at
tending the meeting will study the
needs of the county for 1954 and
will work out the ACP program.
At the meeting, conservation
practices will be selected for in
clusion in the national bulletin,
those pertaining to Carteret coun
ty will be selected, specifications
for practices will be worked out
and assistance for farmers will be
discussed.
The groundwork for the meeting
was laid at a meeting Friday in
Washington. The meeting, one of
four held throughout the state,
discussed the ACP program for
1954 on a statewide level and made
plans for the county programs.
The meeting in Washington was
attended by Mr. May, R. M. Will
iams, county farm agent; Roy Beck,
soil conservationist; and Roland
Salter of the county PMA commit
tee.
Mr. May has emphasized the im
portance of Friday's meeting and
has urged all committeemen and
agency representatives to attend.
Carteret Men Serve in Korean War
Army Private Earl D. Nance, ton
of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nance of
Newport, route I, recently arrived
in Korea for duty with the Second
Infantry division.
The division has been in Korea
since July, 1950. Private Nance
entered the Army last October and
received his basic training at Fort
Jackson, S. C.
Army Private Charlie Henderson,
jr., Negro, son of Mrs. Carrie Glenn
of 611 Broad street, Beaufort, re
cently arrived in Korea for duty
with the 25th Infantry division.
This division is the senior Amer
ican division on the peninsula land
ing in July, 1950, shortly after
the Communists attacked the Re
public of South Korea.
Private Henderson graduated
from Queen street high school and
was a student at North Carolina
A ft T college in Greensboro be
fore entering the Army in 1952.
Kilby T. Guthrie, fireman, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Kib Guthrie of
Morehead City, is serving aboard
the destroyer USS Wiltsie in the
Far East
The Wiltsie recently completed
iU third tour at duty In Korean
waters. It Is now in Hong Kong.
This is young Guthrie's second
period of overseas duty.
Marine Technical Sergeant Ray
T. Arnold of 1 Poplar drive, Have
lock, was among the North Carolin
ians returning from duty in Korea
aboard the USNS General Daniel
I. Sultan which docked recently at
San Francisco.
The returnees are being pro
cessed for separation from the ser
vice or leave and new duty as
signments at the Treasure Island
marine station.
Sergeant Arnold was one of 421 i
marine veterans of Korean service
with the First Marine Air Wing
abord the Sultan.
Captain Ericc L. Lewis, son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Lewis of Marsh
allberg. was recently appointed
post adjutant of Fort Slocum, New
Rochelle, N. Y.
He entered the Army in 1944
and completed his basic training at
Camp Croft, S. C. He graduated
irom the officers candidate school
at F/ort Benning in IMS.
Captain Lewi* has served in the
Korean war and recently completed
the asMciate infantry officers ad
vance course at Fort Benning, Ga.
Bora in Manhallberg, Captain
Lewis graduated from the Smyrna
high school and was employed by
the Coastal Stevedoring company of
Norfolk in civilian life.
Robert E. Taylor, seaman USN,
son of Mr and Mrs. James L. Tay
lor of Davis is serving aboard the
destroyer USS Bupertus.
The Rupertus is flagship of de
stroyer division 32, and has recent
ly returned to San Diego, Calif.,
following training maneuvers off
the California coast.
Before entering the Navy, Sea
man Taylor was graduated from the
Davis high school.
Chief Boatswain Joseph M. Dela
mar, jr., Coaat Guard, commanding
officer of the Little Creek, Va., life
boat station, retired recently af
ter 29 years of service.
He was born in Beaufort in 1905
but has lived in and around Nor
folk since he was 13. Only 14 when
he first went to sea with the mer
chant marine, he joined the Coast
Guard in 1924.
Ouring World War II, Chief Dela
mar served aboard the cutter On
andago in convoy work in the Aleu
tians. His son, Joseph M., Ill, i?
in the submarine service of the
Navy. ,
f A helicopter will land next to
the Morehead City city hall to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock to
start the Armed Forces day celebra
tion.
Later beginning at 11 o'clack the
parade wlll start at Twelfth street
and go down Arendell. Taking part
in the parade will be the More
head City high school band, the
American Legion, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, and Cub Scouts.
The helicopter landing will be a
part of the exhibits at the city
hall Leaders of the celebration
hope to have exhibits from several
branches of the armed services on
the lot between the city hall and
the water front.
Military units taking part in the
parade will include the Second Ma
rine Air Wing band from Cherry
Point and Company C of the Sec
ond Engineers from Camp Lejeune.
The Cherry Point marine band
returned this weekend from De
troit. Mich., where it took part in
the Armed Forces day celebrations
there. Following the parade the
band will give a 45-minute concert
in front of the city hall. The streets
around the city hall will be roped
off for the concert and the exhibits.
The fleet tug, Atakapa, came to
the port terminal today. It will
be open for inspection by the public
all day tomorrow.
James Meeks is chairman of the
committee making plans for* the
event. Local merchants are coop
erating in promoting the celebra
tion.
Lions Club Elects *
Frederick Hardy
Frederick Hardy was elected
president of the Morehead City
Lions club at Thursday night's
meeting. He succeeds Fred Lewis
and will take office July 1.
Other new officers are Ethan
Davis, first vice-president; Cecil
Sewell, second vice-president; Gor
don Laughton, third vice-president;
Owens Frederick, secretary; Allen
Colenda. treasurer; Raymond Hu
bert. tail twister; Joe DuBois, lion
tamer; and Leslie Brinson and A.
Willis, directors.
Mr. DuBois spoke at the riveting
and described progress being made
toward the proposed coastal high
way along the outer banks and con
necting by ferry to the. Carteret
county mainland.
Visitors at the meeting were
Lions E. Doughty of Bellefontin,
Ohio, and Leonard Brown of
Blacksburg, Va.
Tide Table
Tides at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, May 12
7:15 a.m.
7:40 p.m.
1:21 a.m.
1:20 p.m.
Wednesday, May U
8:02 a.m.
2:11 ajn.
2:07 p.m.
8:28 p.m.
Thursday, May 14
8:90 a.m.
9:13 p.m.
2:90 a.m.
2:54 p.m.
Friday, May 15
0:37 a.m.
3:4# a.m.
3:4> p.m.
?;50 pjn.
Residents Think '
Result in Doubt;
May 23 is Date
Registration books for the More
head City annexation election were
closed Saturday afternoon at 6
o'clock after 162 residents of the
proposed area put their names
on the book for the election.
Clyde Jones is registrar for the
election. He reported that 42 were
registered on Saturday which was
the last of three Saturday registra
tion days. Next Saturday is chal
lenge day, and Saturday, May 23, is
the date of the election.
Residents of the area indicate
that feeling over the election is
running strong. Most feel that the
result will be decided by a close
vote.
The areas proposed for annexa
tion are the state property west of
Thirty-fourth street south of the
railroad; the area west of Twenty
fifth street between the railroad
and the highway to the west limit
of the state property; and the area
between Twenty-fifth and Twenty
eighth streets north of the high
way to Calico creek.
A public hearing on the question
was called by the Morehead City
board of commissioners on April 6
at the city hall. At that time
the city officials presented their
program to the residents of the
areas and promised certain defin
ite services for the residents in the j
event they voted to come into the
city.
Leading the opposition to the
annexation has been O. O. Fulcher.
Claud Wheatly, Beaufort attorney
was retained by Mr. Fulcher and
others to prepare and present a pe
tition calling for the election and
opposing the annexation at the pub
lic hearing. The petition was
signed by 104 residents of the area.
Funds for the legal aid were collec
ter and the surplus was given to
the polio drive.
If a majority of the registered
voters of the area vote for annex
ation, the area will become a part
of Morehead City; otherwise it will
not.
The registration and voting are
restricted by state law to residents
of the area who are qualified state
and county voters. No absentee
ballots will be accepted in the elec
tion which is being run by the
county board of elections.
The city has promised to give the
residents and property owners of
the area six kinds of service once
they are incorporated. These ser
vices include water mains for fire
hydrants, street lights, guaranteed
fire protection, police protection, :
street maintainence, and zoning
and city planning.
In explaining the proposal, May
or George W. Dill has said, "Our
primary purpose is to insure the
orderly growth of Morehead City
and only secondary is the matter
of tax revenue. This property will
have to be in the city several years i
before the gain in taxes will offset
our immediate investment in giving
services to the area."
Beaufort Chapter
Collects $1,367.94
In Red Cross Drive
Mr?. E. H. Potter, treasurer of
the Beaufort chapter of the Amer
ican Red Cross, reports that the
chapter received $1,367.94 in its
1953 fund drive.
The drive began March 1 and con
tinued through the rest of the
month. The final report was not
made until this week because all
returns from the drive had not
been made.
The final returns came in late
last week with a donation of $127 40
from the Cherry Point air station
and another $10 donation from the
Core Bank Coast Guard station.
The drive collected slightly more
than half of its goal. The Beaufort
chapter bad set a goal of $2,700 for
the drive which covered Beaufort
and the eastern part of the county.
Mrs. Potter says that the drive
collected slightly more than last
year's.
Mrs. Alma Potter Howard was
in charge of the drive in the resi
dential section of Beai^fort, and
Mrs. Rosalie Davis covered the bus
iness district. Mrs. Charles Harris
of Marshallberg was in charge of
the drive in the eastern part of the
county.
Man's Club to Hear
Bishop T. H. Wright
The Men's club of St. Paul's
Episcopal church in Beaufort will
hear Bishop Thomas H. Wright at
their regular monthly meeting to
morrow night
Bishop Wright is bishop of the
diocese of East Carolina.
All members of the club are
urged to attend the meeting which
will start at 6:30 in the parish
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Spotted Shrimp *
Season Opened
Monday Morning
Rested, ready and eager to get
going after the winter, owners and
operators of a large fleet of boats
shoved off from various coastal
points early Monday morning in
search of the wily shrimp that are
now beginning to move in commer
cial quantities in state-controlled
waters.
The sedson is opening earlier
than usual as a result of the action
of Director George R. Ross of tfie
State Department ofc ^onsejyation
and Development and 'C. I).\KirJc
patrick, head of ' the division of
commercial fisheries, in following
a recommendation of the Institute
of Fisheries Research.
The State Board of Conservation
and Development adopted a resolu
tion at its spring meeting in Eliz
abeth City last April 17 authoriz
ing Mr. Ross and Mr. Kirkpatrick
to suspend regulations governing
day and night shrimping and pro
viding for earlier opening of the
shrimp season upon recommenda
tion of the Institute of Fisheries
, Research.
William A. Ellison, jr.. director
j here for the institute, an agency
of the University of North Caro
' lina, recommended that the season
not only be opened earlier than
usual but that day and night
shrimping be permitted. Mr. Ross
said in Raleigh the regulations gov
erning opening of the shrimp sea
son and permission for night as
well as day shrimping would be in
force for 90 days, or until the
board acted further on the matter.
The board's next scheduled meet
ing is set by law for sometime in
July in Morehead City.
In following Mr. Ellison's recom
mendations for earlier opening and
to permit night shrimping, shrimp
j ers will not be permitted to seek
out and catch the ?hrimp on Sun
I days. Also, all state laws regard
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Farm Bureau ,
Calls Meeting
A meeting of tobacco producers
in the eastern belt has been called
by the Farm Bnreau for May 20 in
Kinston.
R. Flake Shaw of Greensboro, ex
ecutive vice-president of the bu
reau, has asked all leaf producers
to make a special effort to attend
the Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabiliza
tion corporation's second area
meeting. It will be held in the
Kinston agriculture building.
"The purpose of these meetings
is to give tobacco growers an op
portunity to obtain a complete un
derstanding of their marketing pro
gram along with the current out
look for the 1953 crop," he said.
Mr. Shaw pointed out that the
stabilization program, in which
some 450,000 flue-cured producers
participate, "is an outstanding ex
ample of what farmers can accom
plish with their commodity market
when they work together."
The stabilization system for sup
porting flue-cured tobacco is made
possible by legislation which en
ables growers to adjust their pro
duction to a level adequate to meet
both export and domestic demand,
while assuring the farmer of at
least 90 per cent of parity for his
tobacco on the warehouse floor. -A
Mr. Shaw reported that the cor
poration has paid the federal gov
ernment approximately $10 million
in interest plus the principal on
all funds borrowed to finance the
tobacco program.
The meeting in Kinston will be- i
gin at 2 o'clock.
Health King, Queen
Named Thursday
Jarvis Weeks of Morehead City
and Laura Mae Hardison of New
port were crowned county senior
health king and queen at the an
nual home demonstration club
dress revue Thursday night at the
county court houac.
They will represent Carteret
county in state 4-H health pageant
to be held in Raleigh during state
4-H club week.
Gary Guthrie of the Camp Glena
4-11 club and Nancy Pake at the
Smyrna club were crowned Junior
health king and queen.
Speaking at* the ceremonies. AI
Newsome, assistant county farm
agent, emphasised the important*
of health in 4-H club work and
pointed out that health is one of
the H't on the club's emblem, the
four-teal clover.